CenterPoint Energy (CNP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) is an energy delivery company headquartered in Houston, Texas. Its primary businesses include electric transmission and distribution and natural gas distribution, with operations focused on delivering energy to residential, commercial and industrial customers rather than producing most of the energy it supplies.

CenterPoint operates electric utility infrastructure in the Houston metropolitan area and in southwestern Indiana. The company also provides natural gas distribution services in Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and Ohio. Its activities include maintaining utility networks, connecting customers, managing system reliability and supporting the expansion and modernization of energy infrastructure.

The company traces its history to utility operations in Texas and has expanded through a combination of mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations. CenterPoint became an independent public company in the early 2000s following the restructuring of Reliant Energy. Jason Wells serves as president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $39.56 to $40.21
• 50-Day Range: $38.81 to $44.59
• 52-Week Range: $37.22 to $45.26
• Volume: 5.31 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.06 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $26.21 billion
• P/E Ratio: 23.40
• Dividend Yield: 2.41%
• Price Target: $45.36
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

CenterPoint Energy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

CenterPoint Energy scored higher than 86% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 35th out of 97 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

CenterPoint Energy has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.53, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 9 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

CenterPoint Energy has a consensus price target of $45.36, representing about 14.0% upside from its current price of $39.78.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

CenterPoint Energy has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.90%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for CenterPoint Energy are expected to grow by 8.90% in the coming year, from $1.91 to $2.08 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of CenterPoint Energy is 23.40, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.80.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of CenterPoint Energy is 23.40, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 24.83.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

CenterPoint Energy has a PEG Ratio of 2.65. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

CenterPoint Energy has a P/B Ratio of 2.33. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.41% of the float of CenterPoint Energy has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

CenterPoint Energy has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.53.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in CenterPoint Energy has recently decreased by 9.34%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

CenterPoint Energy pays a meaningful dividend of 2.39%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

CenterPoint Energy has been increasing its dividend for 5 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of CenterPoint Energy is 56.47%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, CenterPoint Energy will have a dividend payout ratio of 46.15% next year. This indicates that CenterPoint Energy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.58

News Sentiment

CenterPoint Energy has a news sentiment score of 1.58. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.90 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for CenterPoint Energy this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for CNP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -64% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added CenterPoint Energy to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, CenterPoint Energy insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.19% of the stock of CenterPoint Energy is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

91.77% of the stock of CenterPoint Energy is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/11 Dividend: 5/21/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/11 Dividend: 5/21/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/11/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/28/2026
• Record date for 9/10 Dividend: 8/20/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/10 Dividend: 8/20/2026
• Today: 9/09/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/10/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/22/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Multi - Utilities
• Sub-Industry: Multi-Utilities
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CNP
• CIK: 1130310
• Web: www.centerpointenergy.com
• Phone: (713) 207-1111
• Fax: 713-207-3169
• Employees: 8,794
• Year Founded: 1866

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for CenterPoint Energy: $45.36
• High Price Target: $50.00
• Low Price Target: $39.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +14.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.53
• Research Coverage: 17 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.70
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 23.40
• Forward P/E Ratio: 20.83
• P/E Growth: 2.65
• Net Income: $1.05 billion
• Net Margins: 11.61%
• Pretax Margin: 13.74%
• Return on Equity: 11.10%
• Return on Assets: 2.68%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.95
• Current Ratio: 1.12
• Quick Ratio: 0.97

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $9.36 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.80
• Cash Flow: $4.08 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.76
• Book Value: $17.08 per share
• Price / Book: 2.33

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 658,720,000
• Free Float: 657,468,000
• Market Cap: $26.21 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.46